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Source for the following points: Night of a Thousand Dinners, a joint initiative of the Canadian Landmine Foundation and the United Nations Association of the USA.
• Each year, approximately 18,000 people are killed or maimed by land mines. According to UNICEF, 30 percent to 40 percent of all mine victims are children.
• There are 70 million active land mines buried in the ground in more than 80 countries.
• It costs as little as $3 to manufacture an antipersonnel land mine but up to $1,000 to remove it from the ground.
• Even the suspicion that land could be mined can take an area out of desperately needed agricultural production or transportation pathways.
• Last year's Night of a Thousand Dinners engaged tens of thousands of individuals in more than 35 countries and raised $1.4 million.
• The concept of Night of a Thousand Dinners is simple: individuals host dinners in their homes for their friends and family and collect contributions from their guests. Hosts then forward the collected funds to an organization chosen from a list of 10 coalition partners. The contribution size is determined by the host or donor and can range from $10 per guest to $1,000 or more.
• Funds raised this year will go to assist de-mining and survivor assistance projects in some of the most heavily mined countries in the world (Afghanistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, Croatia, Mozambique and Vietnam).
Public forum on land mine detection and remediation
"Before You Take a Step: Landmine Detection and Remediation and KU's Piece of the Puzzle"
12:30-2 p.m. Dec. 5, Alderson Auditorium, Kansas Union, Lawrence
James Stiles, associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science, and Jerome Dobson, research professor, Kansas Applied Remote Sensing program
Public "Night of a Thousand Dinners" in Lawrence
Hosted by KU International Programs
6-9 p.m. Dec. 5, Abe and Jake's Landing, 8 E. Sixth St., Lawrence
Appetizers and live music from local band Swing Canyon (7-9 p.m.)
Minimum suggested donation is $15 per person or $25 for two. Discounted student rate is $10 per person or $15 for two. For reservations, e-mail oip@ku.edu or call (785) 864-6161.
Heather Mills McCartney and Paul McCartney will be serving their guests in England:
TAPAS
• Glamorgan veggie sausage
• Channa chatt
• Caesars bunches
• Porcini and Thyme Bavarois
• Poke mole
SALADS
• Roast rock potatoes
• Stingo peppers
• Cippollini onions
BREADS
• Yellow raisin and Marsala spinach roti
• Lavash tanoor
• Kalamata
PUDDINGS
• Rusty nail
• Sweetie sheepy presse
• Coco gugelhupf
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